Phillips v. Stern

This action was initiated by appellant, Phillips and others as residents, school patrons and taxpayers of St. John Township, Lake County, Indiana. Plaintiffs-appellants filed a complaint in the Lake County Circuit Court; said complaint being in two paragraphs and praying for an injunction and a declaratory judgment, respectively, in relation to the attempted creation of the Lake Central School Corporation. The cause was venued to the Porter Superior Court, from which this appeal comes.

To each paragraph of the plaintiffs’ complaint, separate demurrers were filed by various groups of…